story: George Zimmerman, set to stand trial in the 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin, on Tuesday waived his right to a "stand your ground" pretrial immunity hearing. Zimmerman's attorneys have decided they will try this as a self-defense case. 
  
  Florida's deadly force law, also called "stand your ground", was passed in 2005. It allows people to meet "force with force" if they believe they or someone else is in danger of being seriously harmed by an assailant. Under the law, a person can use deadly force anywhere as long as he is not engaged in an unlawful activity, is being attacked in a place he has a right to be, and reasonably believes that his life and safety are in danger as a result of an overt act or perceived threat committed by someone else. 
  
  In a pretrial immunity hearing, a judge would have ruled whether Zimmerman's actions were protected under the "stand your ground" law; a ruling in favor of the defendant would have meant that no criminal or civil trial could proceed. 
  
  Martin was shot and killed on February 26, 2012, while returning from a nearby convenience store to his father's fiancée's house in a gated community in Sanford, Florida. 
  
  Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain, acknowledged that he shot the unarmed 17-year-old, but said Martin physically attacked him and he fired in self-defense. Initially, no charges were pursued, and the case soon became the center of a national controversy. 
  
  Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder on April 11, 2012. 
questions: Who was in court on Tuesday?
questions: What job did he have where he lived?
questions: What was he charged with?
questions: What state is he from?
questions: And what city?
questions: What kind of defense will the lawyers use?
questions: What is the deadly force law nicknamed?
questions: When was it passed?
questions: When can Floridians use deadly force?
questions: Can a person robbing a bank use this excuse?
questions: Who is Zimmerman accused of killing?
questions: When?
questions: How old was Martin?
questions: What was he doing before his death?
questions: Where was he going?
questions: Will there be a pretrial immunity hearing?
questions: Did Martin have a gun?
answers: George Zimmerman
answers: George Zimmerman, set to stand trial in the 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin, on Tuesday waived his right to a "stand your ground" pretrial immunity hearing.
answers: neighborhood watch captain
answers: Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain
answers: second-degree murder
answers: Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder on April 11, 2012.
answers: Florida
answers: Martin was shot and killed on February 26, 2012, while returning from a nearby convenience store to his father's fiancée's house in a gated community in Sanford, Florida. 
answers: Sanford, Florida
answers: Martin was shot and killed on February 26, 2012, while returning from a nearby convenience store to his father's fiancée's house in a gated community in Sanford, Florida.
answers: a self-defense case
answers:  Zimmerman's attorneys have decided they will try this as a self-defense case. 
answers: "stand your ground"
answers: Florida's deadly force law, also called "stand your ground"
answers: 2005
answers: Florida's deadly force law, also called "stand your ground", was passed in 2005.
answers: if they believe they or someone else is in danger of being seriously harmed by an assailant
answers: Florida's deadly force law, also called "stand your ground", was passed in 2005. It allows people to meet "force with force" if they believe they or someone else is in danger of being seriously harmed by an assailant.
answers: no
answers:  Under the law, a person can use deadly force anywhere as long as he is not engaged in an unlawful activity,
answers: Trayvon Martin
answers: George Zimmerman, set to stand trial in the 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin
answers: 2012
answers: George Zimmerman, set to stand trial in the 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin, 
answers: 17
answers: Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain, acknowledged that he shot the unarmed 17-year-old
answers: returning from a convenience store
answers: Martin was shot and killed on February 26, 2012, while returning from a nearby convenience store to his father's fiancée's house in a gated community in Sanford, Florida. 
answers: to his father's fiancée's house
answers: Martin was shot and killed on February 26, 2012, while returning from a nearby convenience store to his father's fiancée's house 
answers: no
answers: George Zimmerman, set to stand trial in the 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin, on Tuesday waived his right to a "stand your ground" pretrial immunity hearing.
answers: no
answers: Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain, acknowledged that he shot the unarmed 17-year-old